Hey folks,
I am looking for some direction on where to look to solve this problem at my home. So I have an RT-AC5300 as my router. I also have an RT-AC68U and numerous Netgear R7000 running in AP mode. I have a Windows Server 2019 which runs my DHCP. I have a large network (for a home) with well over 250 connected devices.
From day 1 the 5Ghz-1 band on the 5300 was flakey. It would work for a few days. Eventually it wouldn't and then I needed to reboot the router to get it to work again.
I have made sure that the settings on 5Ghz-1 and 5Ghz-2 are identical (except for the control channel). So if I connect to 5Ghz-2, it works just fine. If I connect to 5Ghz-1, the router will show that the device is connected to 5Ghz-1 and at a reasonably high TX rate, but the device doesn't get an IP address. I can connect to any other AP in my home without issue. I haven't setup netmon on my DHCP server to capture if it is even getting the DHCP request when a device connects to 5Ghz-1 because well, I have not had a ton of time lately (netmon was deprecated years ago and you have to jump through hoops to get it installed on W2K19).
I am at a point now where I am thinking that this is just a hardware issue and all my troubleshooting is moot.
Am I missing anything?
Thanks
I am looking for some direction on where to look to solve this problem at my home. So I have an RT-AC5300 as my router. I also have an RT-AC68U and numerous Netgear R7000 running in AP mode. I have a Windows Server 2019 which runs my DHCP. I have a large network (for a home) with well over 250 connected devices.
From day 1 the 5Ghz-1 band on the 5300 was flakey. It would work for a few days. Eventually it wouldn't and then I needed to reboot the router to get it to work again.
I have made sure that the settings on 5Ghz-1 and 5Ghz-2 are identical (except for the control channel). So if I connect to 5Ghz-2, it works just fine. If I connect to 5Ghz-1, the router will show that the device is connected to 5Ghz-1 and at a reasonably high TX rate, but the device doesn't get an IP address. I can connect to any other AP in my home without issue. I haven't setup netmon on my DHCP server to capture if it is even getting the DHCP request when a device connects to 5Ghz-1 because well, I have not had a ton of time lately (netmon was deprecated years ago and you have to jump through hoops to get it installed on W2K19).
I am at a point now where I am thinking that this is just a hardware issue and all my troubleshooting is moot.
Am I missing anything?
Thanks